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" with great hafte ; he» tumbled about people's 

 *' goods, put out their lamps, &c." The won- 

 ders related of the German redivivi are only 

 exaggerations. 



III. The ftory never gained full credit, till 

 the papas, (priefts) for their own honour and 

 intereft, took it up. 



IV. During the examination at the chapel, 

 the popular fury againft the deceafed carried 

 every thing before it : " the corpfe ftunk fo of- 

 " fenfively, that they were obliged to burn 

 " frankincenfe ; but the fmoke mixing with the 

 " exhalations from the carcafe, increafed the 

 " flench, and began to affeft the poor people's 

 " brains. Their imaginations, ftruck with the 

 " fpeclacle before them, became full of vifions. 

 " They fancied that a thick fmoke arofe out of 

 " the body; we durft not fay it was the fmoke 

 " of the incenfe. They were inceflantly bawling 

 ** out vroucolacas (i3f8xoxa«a5) **** Several peo- 

 ** pie prefent averred that the wretch's blood 

 *' was extremely red : the butcher fwore the body 

 *' was ftill warm **** Juft at that inftant came 

 " in a flock of people, loudly protefting they 

 " plainly perceived that the body was not grown 

 " ftiff, when it was carried from the fields to 

 " church, to be buried, and that confequently 

 " it was a true vroucolacas **** I do not doubt 

 " but they would have fworn it did not ftink, 

 " if we had not been there **** And for us, 



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